Armée de l'air de l'Armistice

The Armee d l´Air de l´Armistice (Vichy France Air Force) are the Air Force of Vichy France,amongst of Vichy Army and Navy .are one secondary and support unit promoted and organized for Germans; raised after the Armistice signed between Petain french government and Germans.

your signs was a coloured (Red-Yellow) horizontal bands in plane tail and engine cover,amongst the regular french roundels,squadron badges and tricolor (blue,white and tred) in vertical aileron in tail

Your responsiblity was protect the territoire independent of Vichy France of Allied raids and provided cover to Axis Powers in proper these territoire and respective overseas colonies under your control in North Africa,Middle East,Djibouti,Madagascar and French Indochina,in particulary the last in support of japanese Army forces in area also.

After the German-French armistice,more of survivings aircraft caugth in German hands others was ceded to newest Vichy French autorities under German autorization.these air unit coordinate the German and Italian efforts to support at pro-Axis government in Irak with use of airfields in Syria;such movement provocated the Allied occupation of Syria also

Vichy French Air Force captured some Allied Aircrafts,and conducted some defensive operations against Allieds USAAC,USAAF,RAF and FAA in Morocco,Algeria andTunisia(Operation Torch),Syria and Madagascar with scarcies sucesses.these unit was oposed also to pro Allied Free French Air Force,but not enter in combat in these period.

When Vichy French was occupied by Germans the airplanes of Vichy Air Force was taken for Luftwaffe for own use amongst others ceded to Italian Regia Aeronautica,Romanian Fortelor Aeriene Regal ale Romania and Royal Bulgarian Air Force,for testings,training and defensive use.

Some Units of Vichy French A.F.

• 4°Escadrile,GC II/9 ,Aulnat,South France (november 1942)
• 1°Escadrile,GBA I/151,Lezignan-Corbieres,South France (June 1942)

Allied Airplanes Captured by Vichy France Forces

• Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensing Mk.I
• Fairey Fulmar Mk.I

Aircrafts of Vichy France Air Force

• Amiot 143M
• Amiot 354 B4
• Bloch Bl 81
• Bloch Bl 200
• Bloch Bl 210 BN5
• Bloch Bl 220
• Bloch Bl 131 RB4
• Bloch Bl 151
• Bloch Bl 152
• Bloch Bl 155
• Bloch Bl 174 A3
• Bloch Bl 175 B3
• Breguet Bre 693 AB2
• Caudron C.272 "Lucione"
• Caudron C.400
• Caudron C.445 "Goeland"
• Caudron C.600 "Algion"
• Caudron C.630 "Simound"
• Caudron C.714 C1 "Cyclone"
• Dewoitine D.501
• Dewoitine D.520
• Farman (Centre) F.222.2 BN5
• Farman (Centre) C.222.3 BN5
• Hanriot H.185 L2
• Liore-et-Olivier LeO 451 B4
• Loire Lo 130M
• Loire-Nieuport LN 401
• Morane-Saulnier M.S. 406 C1
• Potez 25 TOE
• Potez 33
• Potez 540
• Potez 585
• Potez 631 C3
• Potez 633 B2
• Potez 63.11
• Potez 65
• Potez 662
• Curtiss P-36A (Hawk 75A)
• Douglas DB-7B Boston
• Martin 167A-3 Maryland